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10 Essential Steps to Branding Your WordPress Website

Robert King — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:28:18 +0000

In today’s overcrowded internet, having a great brand can be the difference between the success and failure of your website. A brand is something that identifies your website or business as different from others. It’s what makes you unique, and it’s this uniqueness that makes visitors connect with you and become loyal followers or customers. …

8 Benefits of Using Live Chat on Your Website

Robert King — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 07:39:24 +0000

Live chat has been around for quite a while and is a feature of many successful websites. However, there are still many businesses yet to take advantage of its wide range of benefits. If you have not considered offering live chat before, this post will explain some of the ways it can improve your online …

Web Hosting or Online Website Builder: Which is the Best for Your Website?

Robert King — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 07:35:13 +0000

Where ever you go these days, you’ll see adverts for online website builders: software services that let you create websites easily without the need for any coding knowledge. These services can make creating a website very easy but, when you use them, you are often tied to the company’s hosting service which might not offer …

Is Your Website Ready for the Voice Search Revolution?

Robert King — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 06:26:44 +0000

Voice search is taking over how we use the internet. With applications like Google Assistant, Siri and Cortana and devices such as Alexa and Google Home, voice search has become easier, more accessible and more accurate. According to Branded 3, 40% of adults currently use voice search at least once a day and it is …

The Pros and Cons of Creating a Forum on a WordPress Website

Robert King — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:51:21 +0000

The Pros and Cons of Creating a Forum on a WordPress Website Forums can be a great asset for your WordPress website, providing a range of benefits for your business and your users. However, they also need looking after and, when poorly managed, can cause a lot of problems. In this post, we’ll look at …

6 Outdated SEO Techniques You Need to Avoid

Robert King — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:21:05 +0000

The SEO techniques needed to achieve higher rankings on search engines are constantly changing. As search engines develop their algorithms to improve their search results, many SEO techniques that once proved fruitful to webmasters now have little impact. Some outdated techniques can even result in a penalty which can see your website disappear from search …

How to Truly Create a Mobile Friendly-Website

Robert King — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 07:18:24 +0000

Smartphones are now the main way we access the internet. We spend twice as long surfing on mobiles than on computers and use them to perform more searches and view more web pages. With this shift in surfing habits, it’s absolutely essential that websites are mobile-friendly, otherwise businesses will lose out. In this post, we’ll …

7 Essential WordPress Site Management Tasks

Robert King — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 08:52:15 +0000

Wouldn’t it be great if, once your WordPress website went live, you could just leave it to do its job? Unfortunately, you can’t. As of yet, no-one has developed a self-managed website, so it’s up to you to keep yours in good shape and running optimally. To make sure your site is on top of …

12 Hosting Terms Every Website Owner Needs to Know

Robert King — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 09:20:33 +0000

If you are just beginning the process of finding a host for your website, you’ll probably be going through a steep learning curve when it comes to understanding all the jargon you need to know. To make things easier, we’ve put together a glossary of important web hosting terms that we think every website owner …

How the New General Data Protection Regulations Affect Online Business

Robert King — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:48:06 +0000

Running an online business is difficult enough but it is going to get a little more challenging once the new data protection laws come into effect on the 25th May 2018. The new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) are designed to give individuals more rights over their data and ensure that data is better protected …

5 Tips to Improve Your Email Marketing Strategy

Robert King — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:10:53 +0000

Statistics show that email is the most effective marketing channel that businesses can use. It’s an easy and efficient way to communicate with subscribers and to promote your products or services to them. It also has a better ROI than Pay Per Click, SEO, and content marketing. To help you make the most of your …

The Benefits of Hybrid Cloud Hosting

Victor Victories — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 07:55:25 +0000

Many organisations already know the benefits of migrating their services to the cloud. The big debate they often have is whether to opt for public or private cloud hosting. However, it doesn’t need to be an ‘either-or’ dilemma. There is a third way: a hybrid cloud that combines both public and private options. In this …

5 Best WordPress Image Gallery Plugins

Victor Victories — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 10:39:56 +0000

How well you display images on your website can have a dramatic effect on user engagement, audience retention and on sales. With so much up for grabs, it’s not surprising that we are spoilt for choice with WordPress gallery plugins. What’s not so easy, is finding the right one. No two gallery plugins are the …

Desktop vs Mobile: How Internet Browsing Habits Affect Your Business

Victor Victories — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 08:39:23 +0000

Smartphones are now the main way people access the internet but what does that mean for online businesses? Should you go ‘mobile-first’ and put large screen web design on the backfoot or should you take a different approach? In this post, we’ll drill down into some of the surprising statistics about mobile web usage and …

First WannaCry, Now Petya – Staying Secure Against Mass Ransomware Attacks

Victor Victories — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 09:05:03 +0000

Just a month after the sweeping WannaCry attacks, we now see a new ransomware threat, a Petya variant, causing havoc across the globe. As is usual with these kinds of attacks, users find themselves staring at a ransom screen informing them that their data has been encrypted and that they need to pay $300 in …

10 Tips for Choosing a Payment Gateway for WordPress Websites

Victor Victories — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:01:30 +0000

If you want to sell anything from your WordPress website, whether a physical product, a digital download or a membership, then you need to be able to take payments from your customers. To do this you will most likely need a payment gateway. In this post, we’ll give ten tips to help you choose the …

7 Ways to Improve Ecommerce Conversion Rates

Victor Victories — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 07:18:27 +0000

An eCommerce website should always be a work in progress. So, whilst you may have an online store which is already selling, there are quite a few things you can do to make it convert better. In this post, we’ll look at a range of things you can easily implement to make your ecommerce site …

6 Ways to Increase Google AdWords Conversions

Victor Victories — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 08:25:37 +0000

For many businesses, Google AdWords is a vital marketing tool. It’s a pay-per-click advertising platform that helps drive targeted traffic to your website. When advertising campaigns are set up and optimised correctly, they can boost your online sales dramatically. In this post, we’ll take a look at how to use Google AdWords effectively. 1. …

Small Business Guide to Network Security Planning

Victor Victories — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 08:54:49 +0000

Businesses rely on their networks for their most critical operations and with so much at risk, especially with the increase in cyberattacks, it’s essential you have a comprehensive plan in place for your protection. In this post, we’ll look at how to create a small businesses network security plan that’s fit for purpose. Why …

5 Best Online Survey Tools for Businesses

Victor Victories — Thu, 25 May 2017 08:29:22 +0000

Surveys are one of the best methods to find out what users think of your website and what customers think about your products and services. Not only do they provide you with the information you need to improve your business, they also engage your audience. With well-framed questions and a cleverly designed survey, you can …